A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.

刀剑必临到他们的城邑，毁坏门闩，把人吞灭，都因他们随从自己的计谋。

刀剑必临到他们的城镇，毁坏门闩，吞灭众人，都因他们自己的计谋。

刀剑必临到他们的城镇，毁坏门闩，吞灭众人，都因他们自己的计谋。

刀剑之灾要临到他们的城邑，毁坏他们的城门，将他们吞噬，因为他们倚仗自己的计谋。

刀剑必在他们的城中飞舞，毁坏他们的门闩，因着他们自己的计谋，吞灭他们。

刀劍必臨到他們的城邑，毀壞門閂，把人吞滅，都因他們隨從自己的計謀。

刀劍必臨到他們的城鎮，毀壞門閂，吞滅眾人，都因他們自己的計謀。

刀劍必臨到他們的城鎮，毀壞門閂，吞滅眾人，都因他們自己的計謀。

刀劍之災要臨到他們的城邑，毀壞他們的城門，將他們吞噬，因為他們倚仗自己的計謀。

刀劍必在他們的城中飛舞，毀壞他們的門閂，因著他們自己的計謀，吞滅他們。

刀劍必在他們的城中飛舞，毁壞他們的門閂，在他們的營寨裏吞滅他們。

鋒刃必揮於其城、毀其關楗、因其計謀而滅之、

彼謀不軌、城邑必破於鋒刃、牧伯必遭乎翦滅、

鋒刃必臨其城邑、滅其壯士、滅其壯士或作毀其門楗皆因其計謀、

A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.

A sword will flash in their cities. It will destroy the prophets who teach lies. It will bring an end to their plans.

The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.

War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates. They will destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.

A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, because of their schemes.

And the sword will whirl against their cities, And will destroy their oracle priests And consume them, because of their counsels.

And the sword shall slash in his cities, Devour his districts, And consume them, Because of their own counsels.

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, because of their schemes.

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour[ them], because of their own counsels.

The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.

( 14: 1) Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground– their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.

The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions.

For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.

Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

“ Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred?“ Therefore, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire– so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.I will set my face against them– although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in.

I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

and say to the scrub land of the Negev,‘ Hear the word of the LORD: This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look here, I am about to start a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.

For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.

I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.

They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse– those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.

( 3: 19)“ For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the LORD who rules over all.“ It will not leave even a root or branch.

Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.

So the LORD cut off Israel’s head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.

“ The rebellious children are as good as dead,” says the LORD,“ those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.

I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.